Haian Fu
PhD
Dr. Fu leads a research program which is the primary driver of discovery and evaluation of novel therapeutic options for cancer patients at Winship.
Specialty
Dr. Fu's research focuses on protein-protein interactions in signal transduction, targeting these interactions for drug discovery, and collaborating with physician scientists to translate such bench research to clinical applications.
Titles and Roles
- Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Professor, Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Leader, Discovery & Developmental Therapeutics Program
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Associate Dean for Innovation and International Strategies
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Winship Partner in Research Endowed Chair
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Research Program
- Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Biography
Haian Fu, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Fu also serves as the Director of the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center and Leader of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Dr. Fu serves on two national steering committees in the US, the National Cancer Institute's Chemical Biology Consortium Steering Committee (since 2009) and the NCI Cancer Target Discovery & Development Network Steering Committee (since 2012). Dr. Fu served as the President of the International Chemical Biology Society (2012-2013)
Education
Dr. Fu earned his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. He completed a fellowship in microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Research
Dr. Fu's research focuses on protein-protein interactions in signal transduction, targeting these interactions for drug discovery, and collaborating with physician scientists to translate such bench research to clinical applications.
Publications
Beside publishing original research in prestigious journals, Dr. Fu edited the widely-circulated books on Protein-Protein Interactions (2004) and Chemical Genomics (2012) and serves as associate editor for Molecular Pharmacology. He served on various national and international review panels, including NIH study sections, the NIH site visit team for NCI laboratories.
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Awards
Dr. Fu's recent awards include:
- Emory University Millipub Club (inaugural member; >1,000 citations for a single publication), 2009, 2017
- Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2014
- One in One Hundred Mentor Award for being an outstanding postdoctoral fellow mentor, Emory Office of Postdoctoral Education, 2011
- Co-founder & Board of Directors, International Chemical Biology Society, 2010
- External Advisory Board, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, P01 drug discovery program project, 2010
- Georgia Cancer Coalition (GCC) Distinguished Cancer Scholar, 2007-2011
- Emory University Faculty Distinction Fund Award, 2006-2009
- Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator Award, 2006-2011
- Emory Pharmacology Teaching Excellence Award, 2006
- Elected member of the Council of Gordon Research Conferences, 2004-2006
- Co-founder and inaugural Chair, Gordon Research Conference on "The Biology of 14-3-3 Proteins", Ventura, California, 2004